Central Cultural Communities

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The National Committee on Central Cultural Communities, under the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts (SCCTA), is one of the 19 national committees of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the cultural arm of the government. It is composed of cultural leaders and workers (including cultural administrators, researchers, culture bearers, artists, and practitioners), representatives of non-government organizations, people’s organizations, including local government units or individuals knowledgeable in the culture of the Central Cultural communities and who work for the protection, promotion and development of the Central Cultural communities and their traditional arts.

The Executive Council shall consist of 15 members from legitimate community-based IP organizations representing the major cultural communities from Regions IV, V, VI, VII and VIII as follows:

VISION Isulong, paunlarin, at palaganapin ang kalinangan ng bawat komunidad upang makilala, maintindihan, maipagmalaki, at maglunsad ng pagkakapantay-pantay, at maging instrumento sa pagpapatuloy ng tahaking bumuo ng isang lahing pantay-pantay at nagkakaisang kumikilos tungo sa kaunlaran. (Advance, develop, and promote each culture for it to be known, be understood and be a source of pride and initiate equality and be an instrument in the continuing task of creating one classless race cohesively working towards progress.)

MISSION 1. Makilala, maintindihan at pahalagahan ang mga kultura at tradisyon sa loob at labas ng komunidad (To make known, understand, and give importance to culture and tradition within and outside the community);